/**
 *  EKology - An Ecosystem Simulation Framework
 *  Copyright (C) 2008  Aarón Tavío - aaron.tavio at gmail.com - ULPGC
 *
 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 */

package net.ekology.core;

import java.util.Properties;
import java.io.FileInputStream;


/**
 * A repository for configuration variables
 * <p>
 * Reads values from <code>config.properties</code>
 * 
 * @author Aarón Tavío - aaron.tavio at gmail.com
 * @version 1.0.0 - 20081019-1539
 */
public class EKConfig {
    private Properties oProperties;
    
    
    private EKConfig() {
        oProperties = new Properties();
        try {
            oProperties.load(new FileInputStream("config.properties"));
        } catch(Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();}
        
    }
    
    
    private static class SingletonHolder { // Inner class
        private final static EKConfig INSTANCE = new EKConfig();
    }
 
    
    public static EKConfig getInstance() {
        return SingletonHolder.INSTANCE;
    }
    
    
    public String getString(String sName) {
        return oProperties.getProperty(sName);
    }

}
